Swoope News

News Leader reader Roger in Swoope writes this week with the following dilemma: My sweet corn is about 18 inches tall and has started to yellow on the lower leaves.

When: 7 p.m. today Where: Government Center, Verona Issue: Riverheads High School field improvements Impact: Approves a $97,675 restroom and concession project at Riverheads High School.

STAUNTON - Robert "Bob" Leighton Sellers Jr., 76, husband of Rita Sellers of 327 Grubert Ave., passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Augusta Health.

SWOOPE - Alumni from Buffalo Gap High School Class of 1994 are invited to participate in a class reunion Website at www.classreport.org/usa/va/swoope/bghs/1994/. There are no registration fees to join.

STAUNTON - One adult and two children were transported to Augusta Medical Center with minor injuries following a school bus accident at Beverley Manor Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.

SWOOPE - Volunteer firefighters at the Swoope Volunteer Fire Company recently received a new piece of equipment - a 2009 International 7600 WorkStar Tanker Truck to help protect the community from the threat of fire.

Every year during the peak of the spring migration, members of Augusta Bird Club participate in a bird count, which we call the Big Spring Day.

SWOOPE - The Willing Workers 4-H Club recently met at Jeff Slaven's farm. Club members are raising steers again this year to earn money for the club.

Through its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program, the Comcast Foundation is awarding $1,000 scholarships to these Augusta County students: Aubree Armstrong of Riverheads High School in Greenville plans to attend Shenandoah University in Virginia.

An Augusta County grand jury Monday indicted: * Kathy N. Campbel, 56, of Afton, and John Blackwell, 58, of Lyndhurst, for charges connected to a theft ring busted in Augusta County in November.

STUARTS DRAFT - Stuarts Draft High School class of 1994 is planning a reunion in July.

Doug Riley's pastures and fields have been tended and tilled here in the Shenandoah Valley by four generations of his family.

SWOOPE - Terri Sorber carefully reassured a concerned group of kindergartners from Dixon Elementary School at the annual Food for America event at Buffalo Gap High School on Thursday morning.

SWOOPE, Va. - The white metal sign over the desk at Polyface Farm reads, "Joel Salatin: Lunatic Farmer." Salatin is proud of that label.

VERONA - Beverly and Ida Winegard announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Kay Winegard, to William "Willy" A. Woods Jr., son of William "Alex" and Linda Woods Sr.

HARRISONBURG - Wade H. Dunham of Staunton was recognized during Honors Night on April 1 at James Madison University.

Throughout the year, 13-year-old Michael Lohr and his brother, Brandon, 12, spend their weekends traveling to seven different states, building up points through a series of Soap Box Derby rallies in an effort to qualify for the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio.

STAUNTON - Jerry Wayne Collins, 61, of 237 Hermitage Road passed away Monday, March 30, 2009, at Shenandoah House in Fishersville.

The sky would fall before many people would serve chicken to guests. It's not fancy enough, and why make something for company that they can easily eat at home? Now more than ever, I disagree.

HARRISONBURG - The T&E Meats building sits along Charles Street on the north side of Harrisonburg, one of the neighborhood's many squat, nondescript and easily-overlooked industrial buildings.